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August 71869.] THE TOMAHA WK. 65 ,
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THE TORMENTOR UNMASKED J OR, HOW TO PAY OFF AN OLD SCORE!
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A SUCCESS (?) IN THREE ACTS.* By W. S. G...
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August 71869.] The Tomaha Wk. 65 ,
August 71869 . ] THE TOMAHA WK . 65 ,
The Tormentor Unmasked J Or, How To Pay Off An Old Score!
THE TORMENTOR UNMASKED J OR , HOW TO PAY OFF AN OLD SCORE !
A Success (?) In Three Acts.* By W. S. G...
A SUCCESS (?) IN THREE ACTS . * By W . S . Gilbert , EsQ ., f Author of " The Pretty Tragedies Druidess . , a Btirlesque ? and other i lively [ This nei piece ghbours , which " , have is evidentl some idea y no of translation construction from ) , is the affectionatel French ( our y novelised by an admiring critic—the editor of the Tomahawk . ]
CHAPTER I . < £ & lifyov # e 8 Villa * that Haro is to ld Calthorp he insulted e was his father a partic sw ularl ore y nice his young friends man and — say , , , b and on ullied the des his erved he mistresses r hand a good declared . thrashing His h enemies im to for his said blu impudence nt that if cynical he ; was his with friends coarse an , , I \ frie honest nds and heart enemies , but , an agreed unpleasant on one vo point cabulary —never . However to ask , him , both to i j Alas man their , " ! houses ! they ! said . " , He " but had the the manners principles of of a a cad cert . " ain Alas sort ! of Alas noble ! - ! I j 1 and iano One list . day ening Harold to his cousin loung Ethel ing o 's n performances a sofa in his father on a ' s cottage house j p " Shut up that confounded row , " said he , after awhile , with his u You sual used politeness to like . it " once Your , " p laying lied the is simp fair ly musician beastly , !" making ; I merchant eyes at him . " ; " before I was engaged to James Casby , a Bombay I Wh " y He he ' ' s a j downrig olly muff ht , I o do l , a thin duffer k , " , wa a h s ' ass the , a retort filthy . idiot " A ! muff " ! from " Enoug the vul h ! " r said languag the e you ud be one auty would sternl imagine y . " To that jud you ge comedies were acting ! Not the part only of that a ' — gentleman Casby , ' in e one of of ay r W intendeds . S . Gilbert — ' I s mi " ght But al you most loved observe me the once chief ? " whined of them Harold ! " . smi " And e full do of now brig , ht " j r oyous ied the meaning beauty , " u Wait ickly . till She I am added married with to a Casby , and then you shall see how true is woman ' s heart . " with At Harold this moment , conducted Casb in y lou not nged very choice into the Billingsgate room . After , he ousted a row his r Darling ival , and , " he seated murmured himself sweetl beside y into Ethel her , his ear wife . " elect My darling . , " clerk and then in the he city continued . I had in been impassioned put into the accents office , by " I Colon once el was Cal a - day thorpe . , Grey your shirtings uncle and were Harold at 23 ' s J father , butter . was Well firm I remember , tallow livel the y , and And Consol he breathed s quoted at with 92 $ - a for lover a rise ' s . tenderness " his commercial nothings into her unwilling ear . They " I never wandered loved you away , " was together all she and said their . place was supplied by " Harold He does and not his know father , that who I now , have entered forged the Casby room ' s . name to a bill " , He " thoug does ht not the know old man that . I am making disreputable love to Mary Waters , the nursery governess , " murmured the young one . " " You I want shan ^ 50 ' t , have " began it , " Harold said the . colonel . " If you have done any bills—they can't come down upon you—you are under age . " feeling Thanks than for he the had information shown for , months ' * replied . He his added son , with in a more surly tone If you , " don In ' t spite fork out of what I'll punch you say your , however head , you , I must dirty , have old black £$ o - . guard !" " " No Such , but languag it ' s gentlemanl e to me . !— y is 1 it Mr filial . W ? . " S . Gilbert thinks me a am an awful the hero swell of , it I can I " tell you . Why , he ' s written a piece , and I
the At room this . moment Casby , Mary Waters , and Ethel rushed into wil d Look with here rage . at I tell his you fath what er ' refusal I will , do " for I will you just , " sai marry d Harold this , girl " , Co M me ary , W don aters ' , and a fool leav , " said e your Casby house . !" able " Shut cad up !" ! " cried Harold , " as for you—you are AN
unutter-CHAPTER II . & % z €$ atnfcrg in < Sfrag * g Jfom . prospered Harold . caug But ht he the was scarl sad et , he eve sa r , id edited . a satirical paper , and I a ' * m M y old full friend , . Mr He . W . declares S . Gilbert that , is I having sell a row friends with at me a . guinea world fo a r p iece y you sorry . ng Too man bad to . succeed I know , but it ' then a cri it m ' my e reall in the y too liter bad ary It I ' wouldn s just what ' t let that him literary write for hack my , Ty paper pe B . ourgeois It ' s what , obs they erved all when say th when e rest I won don ' ' t e mp ntribute loy the m . a rival But then and m Bourgeois ore satirical and paper some ( price of the one diffe penny rence ) as . Mr I . wish W . S he . Gilbert was good does enoug , and h that for us . His make ' Bab all Spectator Ballads However ' in said Fun fri end were hey W were not . S . bad G coars . has ; I e ; mean been well too , some / severe like of them coarseness he . shall The . see that he , my has wronged me . If I ever write a comedy I ; will never from be such childhood AN" unutterable as friend CAD and as with to put ivho ct man ? n I have I have never regarded had a quarrel , i 7 ito it for my all the ^ town to stare at . No , NO—THAT WOULD BE TOO COWARDLY AND BLACKGUARD ! Yes , W . S . G ., you And shall Harold see that wept you . have He felt wronged that his me friend —wronged had been me deep too hard ly !" upon soon By- him e a nd - . by ious Mary l . Waters entered , and the two young people p " " Oh Is it ! wicked it p has bee to y n marry done ? , " " rep asked lied Mary her love . r , " as somebody has sai Tom d al Robertson ready , in ' s T p ieces m R , and ertson often ' s quote comedy from of them Dreams . . So I does like Mr At . W this . S . point Gilbert Colonel in his p Calthorpe ieces . " entered the chambers , and t ions lai had ned sunk that h with e was the Lo Margate rd Ovingto steamboat n Square . —that all his relaand Harold deserted , now her " . the What Honourable else could " H he arold do , ? at Is once he kissed not the Mary hero , of some my story , authors and a gentleman . ? Not only that , it ' a way with young
CHAPTER III . <& lmtgtott < 3 * range * Lord Ovington ( without a collar ) and Casby ( in a wig with a false Sai forehead d Casby to to it Ovington ) were togeth , " You er . are my benefactor , and I hate you Said for Ovington it . " to Casby , " Both facts are known to me . " and Said I have Casb stolen y to Ovington itto the , " great You have loss forged of him my who nam discounted e to a bill it , for you . you Being . Holding mean , it and , howev pitiful er , , I I can prefer bull to y you bully or you transport . You brought He continued me from in the the gutter same . ungrat I take eful you strai from n the for five felon minutes ' s cell . " , are and Edith quits ended . rushed " the in interview , and flung by observing herself upon , " I his burn breast the . paper—we j " " Well I never , then loved , wh you at do , " she you murm want u ? red " . " To marry you ; no other fellow will have me . " be " turned Well , " into said a Casb iece y , laughing I as , " well as this consent story . may This some incident day would convert the p dram , a into may a comedy . " threw " Or a ( in lance the next full act of ) love into a at tragedy her cousin , " thoug Harold ht Edith who ; and had she en- | paper have tered " Now the made ( it , g caused room no it more up with too with larks much Mary W , . " . jealousy S said . G ., that and ) , and young have intend given man henceforth , up , elegantl my satirical y to , " be I j a gentleman in the strict sense of the word . I will give you a
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), Aug. 7, 1869, page 65, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_07081869/page/13/
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